1. Definite and Indefinite Articles
Objective:
I can identify the gender of a noun by either it’s ending or the appropriate article.

2. Los Sustantivos - nouns
Name of a person, place or thing is a noun
In Spanish, every noun has a gender, either masculine or feminine
All nouns are put into these categories even if there is no class logic to why

3. Masculine (masculino) Feminine (feminina)
In Spanish all nouns belong to 2 gender categories:
_________________ or ________________
Masculine (masculino)
Feminine (feminina)

4. Los Artículos (The Articles)
There are two types of articles
Definite and Indefinite Articles

5. Definite Articles English definite article is “the”
It is called definite article because it is used to refer to a specific person, place, or thing
i.e., the girl next door, the school, etc

6. Spanish Definite Articles
There are four
Singular Plural
Masculine el los
Feminine la las
For singular/masculine nouns, use “el”
For singular/feminine nouns, use “la”
For plural/ masculine nouns, use “los”
For plural/feminine nouns, use “las”

7. Indefinite Articles English definite article “a” “an”
Refers to any person, place, or thing, not a specific one.
i.e., a girl, a school.

8. Spanish Indefinite Articles
There are four
Singular Plural
Masculine un unos
Feminine una unas
For singular/masculine nouns, use “un”
For singular/feminine nouns, use “una”
For plural/ masculine nouns, use “unos”
For plural/feminine nouns, use “unas”

9. Recap All the definite and indefinite articles Definite Indefinite
Singular/Masculine: el un
Singular/Feminine: la una
Plural/Masculine: los unos
Plural/Feminine: las unas

10. Gender in Nouns
Often but not always the final vowel of a noun tells which article to use

11. Nouns Ending in “o”
These are usually masculine and take the definite article “el” and the indefinite article “un”
i.e.,
el chico, un chico
el sombrero, un sombrero
el vestido, un vestido

12. Nouns Ending in “a”
These are usually feminine and take the definite article “la” and the indefinite article “una”
i.e.:
la chica, una chica
la camisa, una camisa
la casa, una casa

13. Nouns Ending in “e” or a Consonant
These can be either masculine or feminine and must be learned individually
i.e.:
el hombre
la clase
la madre
el restaurante

14. Number in Nouns
Nouns are marked for gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural)
Nouns must agree in gender and number
I spoke about both singular and plural definite and indefinite articles

15. To change nouns to plural, do the following:
Add “s” if the noun ends in a vowel
Add “es” if the noun ends in a consonant

16. Singular Plural
el chico los chicos
la alumna las alumnas
el/la estudiante los/las estudiantes
un amigo unos amigos
una camisa unas camisas

17. Let’s Practice

18. Al practicar la galleta ________________
el refresco  ________________
el estudiante ________________
la estudiante ________________
la pizza ________________
Una galleta
Un refresco
Un estudiante
Una estudiante
Una pizza

19. Workbook practice
Do Activity 1 for:
Pg. 27
Pg. 28
Pg.29